The Naqab Bedouins : : A Century of Politics and Resistance / / Mansour Nasasra.

Conventional wisdom positions the Bedouins in southern Palestine and under Israeli military rule as victims or passive recipients. In The Naqab Bedouins, Mansour Nasasra rewrites this narrative, presenting them as active agents who, in defending their community and culture, have defied attempts at s...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 11 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and Tables
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • One. Understanding the State Project Power, Resistance, and Indigeneity
  • Two. Ruling the Desert: Ottoman Policies Toward the Frontiers
  • Three. British Colonial Policies for the Southern Palestine and Transjordan Bedouin, 1917-1948
  • Four. Envisioning the Jewish State Project
  • Five. The Emergence of Military Rule, 1949-1950
  • Six. Reshaping the Tribes' Historical Order, 1950-1952: Border Issues, Land Rights, IDPs, and UN Intervention
  • Seven. Traditional Leadership, Border Economy, Resistance, and Survival, 1952-1956
  • Eight. The Second Phase of Military Rule, 1956-1963
  • Nine. The End of Military Rule and Resistance to Urbanization Plans, 1962-1967
  • Ten. Postmilitary Rule, the Oslo Era, and the Contemporary Prawer Debate
  • Eleven. The Ongoing Denial of Bedouin Rights and Their Nonviolent Resistance
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index